Business Bankrupt
During the 1996 crisis, my business in building robots went bankrupt.
I went on to work for others as a Regional Salesman. Travelled a lot. Earning good money. Meanwhile, I read Robert Kyosaki books and also attended a life-changing course called MONEY AND YOU.
Did Robert Kyosaki ‘s book impact me during the 90s ? NO, honestly no. It helps me sleep.
Did the $&Y course impacted me? At first NO, slowly and in recent years, the impacts are more profound.
Recalling those struggling times this morning as I sat on my stinky bowl, I asked myself what have I learnt.
I learnt that I have strong self-belief (and smelly shit 😷).
I also have strong self-limiting factors.
The results … a very unhappy person. (Are you like that now ? )
I also realised that I did not allow anything to stop me. (Like Teacher Suria said, when you faced a wall, create a door !) . I want to live a better life. Give my family a good life. That’s all.
I also realised that what’s lacking is certain knowledge. Knowledge to make money work for me. This is not taught in schools. I am good at working for money.
I do not lack determination and perseverance (got to squeeze that last bit out).
Going thru that crisis in 1996 is very painful. Factories closed, friends losing jobs, high suicide rates, JTC issuing me demand letters to pay rents, law suits from a listed company, car being repossessed, crying toddlers due to hunger, Jill’s sad face everyday. And people laughing at us. I remember all these pains. Even now when I type (washed fingers liao), I can still sense it.
But, PAIN IS GOOD. Pain brings Change.
TODAY, this crisis is worse than those in the past. I still feel pain. A different kind of pain. I have headache everyday in the morning. I woke up as if my brain did not sleep. Jill commented that I talked a lot when I sleep.
Why am I so mentally active 24/7 ? That’s because I see many ppl around me suffering (needlessly). I see their children mirroring their parents and also suffering. I know a cure for this. It’s a pill.
The pill is called
“LEARN, UNLEARN, RELEARN”
LEARN new knowledge from real teachers who have made it.
UNLEARN useless, outdated knowledge like “life must be hard now to be sweeter later”, or “suffering makes you a better person “.
RELEARN new things like … you don’t need to have lots of money to buy property.
Question (1) to you … how many crisis have you been through already ? is this one affecting you worse than the previous one ? If yes, the next one may punch you harder.
Question (2) to you … what can you do now, so that when the next crisis hits, you will not be negatively affected ?
Share with me your thoughts….. I love to hear from you.
Love, Marko Marko
Investor, Practitioner and Full-Time Coach
